Vanity dresser



Dec. 20, 1932. H. SNMELDAHL vXMT-Y DRESSER Filed Dec. 11} 1929 2Sheets-Sheet 1 1932- H. s. MELDAHL 1,891,680

VANITY DRESSER Filed Dec. 11. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 J O o o O 2 2 /2 3//O 7 I 3 O 15 f/arace SZ/Ve/daZl INVENTOR ATTORNEY i 25 correspondingPatented Dec. 20, 1932 HORACE s. rIELImIII), or CHARLESTON, wEs'rVIRGINIA VANITY mmssaa Application filed December 11, 1929. Serial No.413,827.

' This invention relates to a vanity dresser and has as one of itsobjects to provide-a dresser which may be readily and convenientlyadapted for use as a wash basin, thereby rendermg it more convenient forone to wash ones face and hands and comb ones hair, priorto dressing,than is possible where the wash basin and dresser must be used indifferent rooms of the house or apartment. Another'object of theinvention is to providea combined dresser and wash basin in which thebasin unit will be substantially invisible when not in use, so that thedresser when used, as such, may present its usual attractive appearance.

This invention also consistsin certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and specifically pointed out in the appended claim. 7

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or artsthroughout the several views, and in w ich Figure 1 is a view inelevation of the vanity dresser embodying the invention.

Figure 2'is a top lan view thereof, one section of the top of t edresser being shown swung to open position to expose to View a part of te Wash basin, and one of the fixtures therefor.

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation of a slightly different form ofdresser, all of the hinged top sections thereof being illustrated swungto open position in full line, and,.two of these sections, partly swungto open position, in broken lines. V v

Figure 4 is a vertical front to rear sec tional view through thestructure shown in Figure 3, one of the side sections of the top beingshown swung to open position in elevation, and the intermediate or endsection of the top being shown in section in open position, and indotted lines in a partly lowered position.

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 taken in a different plane andillustrating the arrangement whereby towels may be suspended for drying,and the means provided for receiving soiled linen.

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the'invention embodied in awriting desk.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 1 and 2 of thedrawings, the dresser, which is indicated in general by the numer- 7 a11, comprises the usual body 2 in the opposite Y sides of which, at oneside, drawers 3 are arranged,and of course adapted to be slidably adustedtO open position, and a drawer 4 and a double drawer 5 are slidablymounted in the body at the other side thereof, a relatively shallow andrelatively short drawer 6 being mounted in the front of the body betweenthe side tiers of the drawers 3 and 4 and 5.

In rear of the drawer 6, there is mounted, beneath the top of the body awash basin in dicated by the numeral 7 which is'preferably of thegeneral contour shown most clearly in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawings.This basin is preferably of vitreous china or cast metal and thereforeof a one piece structure, and is provided at its top with a marginalflange 8, which at the rear side of the basin is seated in a rabbet 9formed in a horizontal frame member 10 which constitutes a part of therear Wall of the dresser, and at the forward side of the basin is seatedin asimilar rabbet 12 comprising a part of the front of the dresser. I

A scroll piece 13 of ornamental or fanciful design is preferably mountedbelow the entire horizontal cross piece 14 of the front structure 'ofthe dresser, and the drawer 6 is slidable over the upper edge of thecross piece 14 and, when closed, will seat at its front betweenthiscross piece and the cross piece 11, the ends of the drawer restingat their lower corners upon cleats 15 secured to the inner walls of thedresser body between which and the outer or end walls thereof thedrawers, above referred to,'are arranged. v Water is supplied to thebasin 7 through a water supply pipe 16' leading from any suitable sourceof supply and preferably there will be two of these pipes connectingwith a branch 17,the outlet end of which is located at the fronta-ndnear the top of the basin 7, one of the pipes leading from the hot watersource basin 7, and also providing for-overflow of water from the basinif the faucets controlled by the valve handles 18 are carelessly leftopen.

The means referred to comprises a hollow,-

relatively narrow chamber 19 which isprovided at its lower forward endwith a nipple 20 which is fitted into an opening 21 formed.

in the rear wall of the basin 7 at the bottom thereof, and a similarnipple 22 is provided at the front of the chamber 19 at the upperendthereof, and communicates with the basin 7 by being fitted into therear'wall thereof and constitutes an overflow nipple, the nipple 2Oconstituting the equivalent of the ordinary drain nipple. An outletnipple 23 is provided at the rear side of the chamber 19 at the lowerend thereof, and both drain .Water and overflow water delivered into thecasing may flow through this nipple and through a drain pipe 2 1, whichwill be installed in the wall of the room adjacent which wall thedresser is arranged.

In order that the concealed from view the top of the dresser body, whichtop is indicated in general by the numeral 25, comprises a fixedsection, which is cutaway through its forward edge to pro-v vide arectangular recess 26, and top sections 27 which are hinged at theirrelatively remote edges as at 28 to the opposite sides of the recess 26,another section indicated by the numeral 29 being hingedly mounted as at30 upon the rear wall of the recess. The forward edge of the section 29of the top which edge is indicated by the numeral 31 may be suitablycurved asclearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, and the rear'edgesof the two sections 27 will be similarly formed so that the edges of thesections 29 will match with the corresponding portions of the edge 31 ofthe section 29, when all of the sections are in closed position. Whenthe basin .7 is to be used, all of the sections 27 and 29 will beswungupwardly so as to expose the entire basin top, ,itbeing understoodthat when the sections 27 and 29 are folded down to closed position andto cover the basin top, the basin will be effectually concealed fromview, and inasmuch as the entire structure will be accurately finished,as regards-its component parts, the lines of hinged connection of thesections with the fixed section of the top and the lines of divisionbetween the margins of the sections will not be particularly noticeable.

In any event the cover which is ordinarily employedupon the flat top ofthe dresser will conceal the hinges and the margins of basin 7 may benormally the top sections. For the purpose of ornamentation, a main orintermediate mirror 32 may be mounted in a manner, to be presentlyexplained, at the rear of the top 25. A side mirror section 33 may behingedly connected as at 34, with the opposite sides of the intermediateor main section 32, so that the sections 33may be swung as shown inFigures 1 and 2 of the drawings or the section 33 may be swung forwardlyto any desired angle to suit the user. a 1

The drawer 6 may be employed to contain various articles for use inshaving, and in fact, any small toilet articles. In order that themirror 32 may, and with it the mirrors 33, be supported at the rear ofthe top of the dresser, and likewise in order that a medicine cabinetmay be made available, such a cabinet, which is indicated in Figure 2 bythe numeral 35, is provided at its ends with-eye members 36 for securingbrackets which ma be mounted upon the room wall surface mi- 'j acentwhich the dresser is positioned and the dresser may be so positionedthat the mirror 32 and mirrors 33 will occupy sucha position withrespect to the dresser top as to be, apparently mounted thereon, and,where such an arrangement of mirrors is employed, the section 29 of thetop of the dresser, when swung to upright position as shown in fulllines in Figures 3, 4 and 510i the drawings, will serve as a means forpreventing splashing of themirrors 32 and 33 with'water, the sections 29being at such time directly in front of the lower portion of the mirror32.

In order that the structure may be utilized in drying wet'towels and intemporarily storing soiled linen, the double drawer 5, above referredto, is preferably provided with a sheet metal partition 6 which extendstransversely therein between the side walls thereof and in somewhatspaced relation to the rear wall of thefdrawer thus providing acompartment 39 into which soiled linen may be introduced, when thedrawer is pulled to nearly full open position. Suspension rods 38. aremounted in a series extending between the front wall of the drawer 5 andthe upper portion of the partition wall 6, and it will be observed thatthe partition wall is of a height somewhat less than the depth of thedrawer 5 so that wet towels may be draped over the rods'38 a'ndfdependinto the compartment which is indicated in Figure 5 by the numeral 39.In order that this compartment 39 may be ventilated as wellas the spaceoccupied by the drawer 5 in its entirety, the drawer is formed with arectangular opening in its bottom between its front wall and thepartition wall 6 and a wire screen 40 is stretched in this opening, butthe screen may be omitted if desired, inasmuch as this part of thebottom of the drawer is not intended to support any article or articles,and, like- Wise, theinner side wall of the drawer 5 1s provided with arectangular opening 41, and a wire mesh screen 42 is arranged withinthis opening, the opening being located above the plane of the rods 38.

Figure 6 of the drawings illustrates a modified form of the invention,in which form the basin, which corresponds to the basin 7, is indicatedby the numeral 43 and is mounted in a rectangular opening 44 formed inthe top 45 of a fiat-top desk 46, and a top section 47 is provided, ofthe same dimensions as the opening 44 and is hinged at its rear edge asat 48 to the fixed top 45 of the desk at the rear side of the opening 44and is provided upon its under side With a mirror 49, it beingunderstood that the section 47 constitutes, normally, a closure for theopening'44, so that the basin 43 will be concealed from view, but thatit may be raised to the elevated position shown in Figure 6 so as toexpose the basin and mirror 49 for use in preparing ones toilet.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its forms,proportions, and minor details of construction, and the right is here inreserved to make such changes as proper- 1y fall within the scope of theappended claim.

What I claim is A vanity dresser comprising a supporting structurehaving a chamber beneath the top wall thereof, a basin in said chamberand having laterally extending flanges secured to the supportingstructure and providing drains to the basin to direct the splashed waterback into the basin, mirrors on the supporting structure, hinged coverson said structure and concealing the basin and chamber from view when ina closed position and when in an open position adapted to provide'shields the basin from engaging the mirrors.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HORACE S. MELDAHL.

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